Florida International University Search January 27, 2021 at 9:00am FIU has joined the University of Central Florida and the University of South Florida in launching a “Year of Reflection,” a collaboration devoted to social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion programming as well as research for faculty, staff, and students. The three universities form the Florida Consortium of Metropolitan Research Universities. Since 2014, the collaborative partnership has pooled the universities’ experts and resources with a focus on student success. The Year of Reflection initiative came from a discussion that involved FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg and FIU Provost and Executive Vice President Kenneth G. Furton, President Alexander Cartwright and Interim Provost Michael D. Johnson of UCF, President Steven C. Currall and Provost Ralph C. Wilcox of USF, Helios Education Foundation President and CEO Paul J. Luna, and Michael Preston, executive director of the Florida Consortium. The participants discussed how the three institutions could take the global, national and local experiences that have impacted the campus communities in the past year, which included racial injustice incidents such as the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police, to foster tangible change.